HSSP Fall 2023 - Girls Soccer Preview_Layout 1 8 / 9 / 23 3 : 09 PM Page 3 G I R L S S O C C E R field . The Pioneers also bring back senior goalie Madison Wessel , a four - year starter who made the all - conference second team last season after recording 172 saves . Senior center back Gianna Palko and senior outside back Macaela Kulback are other valuable members of the defense , and Palko also aided the cause offensively with three goals and two assists . Following the graduation of leading scorer Payton Foster , Clearview will be relying on senior midfielders Livia Messenger , Alyssa Aja , Makayla DeMuzio and Leila Bensaoud and junior forward Emily Coyle to spark the offense . Sophomore midfielder Kierra Shute could also be ready for a bigger role after showing promise as a rookie , and other returners on defense are juniors Paige Hanson and Gabrielle EASTERN VIKINGS Reihing . OUTLOOK : After finishing with a rare losing record of 5 - 11 - 2 last year , the Pioneers will be hungry to get back to their winning ways — and they have and received all - South Jersey second - team hon - the talent to do so . ors as well last season . Her presence in the GLOUCESTER back , along with the return of starting goalie CATHOLIC Enya Carthy , will keep the Bulldawgs in most EASTERN RAMS games . Carthy , a junior , collected 152 saves as a VIKINGS PLAYERS TO WATCH : The Rams sophomoreto make the all - conference second PLAYERS TO WATCH : Although the had plenty of new faces in team . Duffey can also contribute offensively , as Vikings graduated South Jersey the lineup last fall , and evidenced by her four goals last fall , and Had - Goalkeeper of the Year Ava although they had some grow - donfieldmay need even more scoring produc - Clark , they fortunately return two ing pains at times , they bring tion from her this season . Junior forward Tues - very important pieces of a defense back most of the roster and the valuable experi - day Brown ( four goals , four assists ) is another that flirted with a school record by allowing just 10 ence they gained should pay off . Leading the keyplaymaker who could take her game up to goals all season : senior center backs Eva Sprewell way is senior midfielder Frankie Fiore , who the next level as an upperclassman , while senior and Remi Cherkas . Sprewell received all - South Jer - emerged as a key playmaker and led Gloucester Maeve Kirwan and junior Addison Pierce will sey accolades for the second year in a row , moving Catholic with four goals and seven assists on also aid the attack . Senior Carolyn Carson helps up from the third team to the second team , and her way to all - conference first - team honors . hold down the fort in the midfield , and other also repeated as an all - conference first - teamer . She Sophomore midfielder Bella Laumer had three returners looking to make an impact are senior will continue her career at Stony Brook University . goals and an assist as a rookie , while senior for - ShaeGiordano and juniors Grace Farrell and Cherkas earned a starting job for the first time at ward Cassidy Thornton and sophomore mid - AudreyAdams . center back and joined Sprewell on the all - South fielders Ana Yucis , Sarah Yucis and Kaitlyn OUTLOOK : The Bulldawgs ’ amazing streak of con - Jersey second team and all - conference first team . Capalbo will also be counted on in the attacking secutivesectional titles ended at three last year , as She is committed to the University of Rochester . third . Junior back Hailey Molis anchors the theylost to eventual champion Seneca in the Eastern also brings back standouts at other spots , defense after earning all - conference second - semifinalsand finished with a 12 - 8 record . There such as junior midfielder / forward Aubrey Benfield , team recognition . She is joined by seniors Ava is no replacing a player like Tighe , but there is who had nine goals and seven assists to make the Ridinger and Greta Wolf and sophomore Olivia enoughremaining talent to stay competitive and all - conference first team and is arguably the Burgo on the back line in front of sophomore possiblymake another run in the playoffs . Vikings ’ most talented player , and junior midfield - goalie Lauren Narolewski , who totaled 166 er / forward Katerena Kokolis , who led the team with saves . Other returners expected to contribute KINGSWAY 11 goals . Senior forward Kasey Eustace ( eight goals , are seniors Ryann McKinney and Ava Santoro , DRAGONS fourassists ) , junior forward Nevaeh Roark ( seven and promising additions to the team are senior goals , seven assists ) and senior midfielder Izzy Samantha Murphy , juniors Izzy Partridge and PLAYERS TO WATCH : Benfield ( three goals , two assists ) are other key Remi Wicken and freshman Olivia Pisano . Kingsway brings back a playmakers , and senior midfielder Grace OUTLOOK : The Rams were in rebuilding mode in strong core led by all - Francesconi is a returning starter as well . Eustace 2022as they finished 3 - 12 , but it would not be sur - conference first - team may also see time on defense , while junior forward prisingto see them be much more competitive this selections Maddie Hicks and Emma Nguyen . Lily Burt ( two goals , four assists ) and senior back seasonand add a few wins to their record . Hicks , a senior forward , led the Dragons with Maddie Jacobs will look to make their way into the eight goals and had two assists , while Nguyen , starting lineup after contributing as reserves a year a senior midfielder , scored a goal and dished HADDONFIELD ago . Four or five freshmen are expected to play var - out a team - high seven assists . Senior midfield - BULLDAWGS sityand Eastern will also receive reinforcements er Hannah Ferris , an all - conference second - from its undefeated freshman and JV squads . PLAYERS TO WATCH : Haddonfield may teamer , and junior forward Cailon Burlingame OUTLOOK : The Vikings put together another mem - have graduated one of South Jer - each added three goals and will also be integral orable season in 2022 , highlighted by sectional sey’s best scorers in Allison Tighe , parts of the offense ; senior Isabella Valentino and Coaches Tournament titles and a final but the good news is that one of and sophomore Meghan Shannon are contrib - record of 22 - 2 - 2 . There are several important the area’s premier defenders is back in utors in the midfield . The defense is solid positions to fill , but expect this team to have the fold . Senior Grace Duffey has made the all - thanks to the return of seniors Brianna Lewis high standards as usual this fall . conference first team each of the past two years and Ally Phalines and juniors Olivia Neuman 50 SUBURBAN FAMILY volume 14 issue 2 SUBURBANFAMILYMAG.COM